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- Mary Beatrice
Lasa Mendiola
Aug. 15, 1903 - Dec. 16, 2003
Payette
Mary Beatrice Lasa Mendiola, 100, Payette, died peacefully at home, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003. Vigil services will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19, 2003, at Ontario's Lienkaemper Chapel. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, 2003, at Lienkaemper Chapel with Father Calvin Blankenship, presiding. Burial will follow in Sunset Cemetery, Ontario.
Mary was born Aug. 15, 1903, on a ranch near McDermitt, Nev., to Dorateo Lasa and Maria Telleria Lasa. She attended School in McDermitt. She worked in the Basque boarding house in Boise, then returned to McDermitt where she assisted a doctor by driving him to his calls, first in his horse and buggy, then later in his car.
Mary Beatrice Lasa and Joseph Domingo Mendiola were married Jan. 21, 1928, in Winnemucca, Nev., where they owned and operated the Overland Hotel. In 1936, they moved to Oregon. They ranched near Harper and later near Vale until they retired. She and Joe lived in Vale for a few years before moving to Payette to be near their oldest son, Paul.
She was a member of the Pioneer Club of Willowcreek, and St. Patricks Church in Vale. She loved to crochet and spend time with her grandchildren, who remembered her for her hard work, good humor and generosity.
Mary is Survived by her three sons, and their spouses, Paul and Mona Mendiola, Payette, Larry and Dottie Mendiola, Vale, George and Carol Mendiola, Boise; one daughter, Joan Anderson, Umatilla; 15 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; seven step grandchildren; Her sisters, Annie Naveran, McDermitt and Cassie Duarte, Oklahoma; Several nieces and nephews, living in Nevada, Idaho and Oklahoma.
Mary was preceded in death by her husband; seven siblings; two children and one great-granddaughter.
The family suggests that memorials may be made to XL Hospice in care of Lienkaemper Chapel, P.O. Box 970, Ontario, OR 97914
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1903 - 2003 (100 years)
